The following study is an analysis of religious themes within popular culture. The research material is the animated DreamWorks film Kung Fu Panda. The study uses a narratological method of analysis to investigate themes from the Daoist religion and how they are expressed in the film. Because of the difficult-to-comprehend and almost esoteric nature of Daoism, the present study is heavily reliant on Louis Komjathy’s book Daoism: A Guide for the Perplexed as a description and explanation of the Daoist Religion. It is with consultation to Komjathy’s work that the study’s first research question will be analysed: “How does the film represent Daoist themes?”. Also of import for the this study is J.J. Clarke’s book The Tao of the West: Western Transformations of Taoist Thought, with which the second research question will be analysed: “How can the film be interpreted through Clarke’s theory of Western usage of Daoism?”. The study finds that the film Kung Fu Panda heavily uses Daoist themes in its narrative, however, these themes are not alone, as Western values regarding individualism are also notably present. This, in turn, confirms Clarke’s theory of Western usage of Daoism. The film reflects Clarke’s idea that Daoism in the West has a slim possibility of succeeding as a whole religious movement. The Daoism of the West is therefore, in Clarke’s view, a disassembled and pluralistic one, where a selection of Daoist concepts and themes is taken in by the West so as to be combined with already existing Western values.